From 8000 BC to 1650 AD human population went from 10,000,000
to 500 million, then, in a 350 year heartbeat, to over SIX BILLION in
the present, growing by over 100 million every year. The impact of a bio-mass
of humanity this great is enormous. It changes weather patterns, pollutes
oceans and rivers, destroys rainforests, and precipitated the greatest
mass extinction of living things ince the age of dinosaurs.

Nevertheless, in relation to the total length of our
stay on the planet, this devistation is taking place in the blink of an
eye, and shows no real sign of slowing. What's going on? It may well be
that UNLIMITED GROWTH & DESTRUCTIVE DOMINATION of the environment
is INTRINSICALLY part of the novel way of life we have so recently adopted.
Perhaps there is no possibility of halting this destructive growth
within the dynamics of this Way.

Finding other Ways to follow that are more in harmony
with the fragile realities of our home planet is certainly the most important
challenge the human race has ever faced.

"Civilizations are not terminals but
wayside camps, pitched at sunset and broken at dawn so that they can
travel on again."

--Laurens van der Post

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES AS REVEALED BY POPULATION
GROWTH. (THE RED LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF GRAPH) BEAR IN
MIND THAT RECENT revisions by cultural anthropologists of the nature of
hunter-gatherer societies paint a very different picture than the image
in popular consciousness: They emerge "not as primitive brutes but as
typically well nourished, noticeably free of anxiety about their next
meal, and blessed with an abundance of free time. They possesed complex
mythologies, elegant arts and keen minds, and were the original affluent
society. "Long ago they evolved life-patterns that maintained a relatively
stable population and a balance with the rest of Gaia's inhabitants. A
few survivors of this original culture still exist, but global Monoculture
is dedicated to the complete assimilation and/or annihilation of all peoples
non-compliant to ITS world-outlook. SCROLL RIGHT to get the big picture.